Ovum's Putcha believes Apple and China Mobile will eventually

Cutting a deal with a Chinese state-owned carrier may be less optimal than the deals Apple is used to in other markets, and analysts note that China Mobile wouldn't necessarily open the flood gates for Apple.

Ovum's Putcha believes Apple and China Mobile will eventually strike a deal - though this would be for an iPhone running on China Mobile's next-generation network rather than its current 3G network.

Of China Mobile's704 million subscribers, only 79 million are on its 3G network, and Apple has been reluctant to sign up to China Mobile's under-utilized, homegrown TD-SCDMA technology. "Apple likely doesn't see the return-on-investment in extending themselves for TD-SCDMA," Putcha said.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland plans to insert speedy rookie Quintin Berry

Tigers manager Jim Leyland plans to insert speedy rookie Quintin Berry and Andy Dirks in his outfield.

A few big hits would certainly energize the Tigers. So might a few breaks, they believe.

"The ball just hasn't rolled our way yet," Berrysaid. "They got a hit off the third-base bag. They had a bunt that wouldn't go foul. They made great catches in left field.

"But no excuses. We're back at home, this is our chance."

No mistaking that the Series has shifted from California to Michigan.

Zabriskie said he stopped doping and was clean long before the Anti-Doping Commitment

"I never used drugs and never intended to," he said in his statement. "I questioned, I resisted, but in the end, I felt cornered and succumbed to the pressure."

Zabriskie said he stopped doping and was clean long before theAnti-Doping Commitment was issued for riders in 2007.

"I want to play my part in making it the sport I had always hoped it would be and know that it can be," his testimony said.

Zabriskie did not immediately return phone messages Wednesday.

Medinah, the tree-lined course that has hosted five major championships

Both teams desperately want that 17-inch gold trophy.

Europe is coming off a 14½-13½ win two years ago in Wales, a week of slogging through the rain that forced a Monday finish that made everything worth the extra day when it came down to the final match, with GraemeMcDowell delivering the winning point.

Medinah, the tree-lined course that has hosted five major championships, doesn't look anything like those events. Love has asked for the rough to be virtually eliminated and the greens to be slick as ever, hopeful that's an advantage to a U.S. team that he tried to stock with good putters.

Even though Europe seems to have owned this event, The Americans have lost only once at home in the past 15 years — at Oakland Hills in 2004.

Romney and Obama will be armed with competing numbers and visions

"In 2008, the first debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, one of the takeaways was McCain did not make eye contact with Obama," Schroeder said. "That came off as rude, disrespectful."

Part of the practice sessions is figuring out when to be aggressive and how to demonstrate leadership. It's also honing the lines from months of campaign speeches as the candidates get their final opportunities to speak directly to tens of millions of voters.

In the first debate, on domestic policy, Romney and Obama will be armed with competing numbers and visions.

"We will not surrender our dreams to the failures of this president," Romney told an audience in Bedford, N.H., last December. Expect the Republican to point to 23 million Americans out of work or underemployed, a national debt now at $16 trillion and three years of an unemployment rate above 8 percent.

Silicon Valley executives over how to solve the problem to everyone’s satisfaction

In January, media companies like Viacom, Time Warner and the Walt Disney Company backed two antipiracy bills, one in the Senate and the other in the House of Representatives, while Internet activists and companies like Google and Facebook argued the bills would hinder Internet freedom. Buoyed by a huge online grass-roots movement, and aided by Wikipedia's going black for a day in protest, the bills quickly died.

That tension has decreased somewhat as media companies have met with Silicon Valley executives over how to solve the problem to everyone's satisfaction.

Google said it would not remove pages from copyright-infringing Websites from its search engine unless it received a valid copyright removal notice from the rights' owner. "Only copyright holders know if something is authorized, and only courts can decide if a copyright has been infringed," Mr. Singhal said.

Google said it had received copyright removal requests for over 4.3 million Web addresses in the last 30 days, according to the company's transparency report. That is more than it received in all of 2009.

Wearing his yellow winner's jersey

There was a high-speed flyover of the Thames, the river that winds like a vein through London and was the gateway for the city's rise over the centuries as a great global hub of trade and industry.

Headlong rushes of movie images took spectators on wondrous, heart-racing voyages through everything British: a cricket match, the London Tube and the roaring, abundant seas that buffet and protect this island nation.

Opening the ceremony, children popped balloons with each number from 10 to 1, leading a countdown that climaxed with Bradley Wiggins, the newly crowned Tour de France champion.

Wearing his yellow winner's jersey, Wiggins rang a 23-ton Olympic Bell from the same London foundry that made Big Ben and Philadelphia's Liberty Bell. Its thunderous chime was a nod to the British tradition of pealing bells to celebrate the end of war and the crowning of kings and queens, and now for the opening of a 17-day festival of sports - London's record third as host. 

Mickelson played at Greenbrier last year

"What sold it to me was watching it on TV and seeing how players enjoyed it," Woods said unblinkingly.

Um, did he say "sold?"

Mickelson played at Greenbrier last year -- for two days. He missed the cut.

"I know for a fact that Phil got $1 million last year," one top-tier agent insisted, citing a figure that was echoed by two other tour-related sources.

Of course, philosophically, the rest of us are left to wonder whether the chicken or the financial nest egg came first as far as the initial attraction for the player. 

Hudson lasted four innings, giving up seven runs

Hudson appeared to be back on track when he scattered five hits over seven innings against the Rangers six days after giving up six runs in only 1 2-3 innings versus Oakland.

But things unraveled for him anew against Seattle. Hudson carried a 5-2 lead into the fifth inning, but faced only five batters without recording an out in the frame before being sent to the dugout to watch the end of what would be a six-run inning for the Mariners.

"He wasn't consistent in hitting his spots," said Arizona manager Kirk Gibson. "The balls they hit were mistakes. He got a little frustrated."

Hudson lasted four innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits and two walks with six strikeouts.

Dallas eliminated Oklahoma City in five games last year

"Once the ball tips off, it's a series that we're both trying to win," Miami's Dwyane Wade said. "Obviously it makes great headlines and makes everyone in the organization really tuned in to what's going on. It's kind of like they're looking at us like, 'All right, go get it done for us.' But when the ball tips off, it's another game against a very talented opponent."

Also Saturday, the Indiana Pacers host the Orlando Magic, who playoff hopes seem to have left along with Dwight Howard, before the Mavericks visit the Thunder in the nightcap.

Dallas eliminated Oklahoma City in five games last year on its way to the NBA championship. The teams ended up in the first round this season after the Thunder fell into the No. 2 seed with a late-season stumble, and the Mavericks could never put together a run to move up.

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Ellsbury had gotten off to a poor start

Ellsbury had gotten off to a poor start. He was 3 for 23 (.130) entering the game, but he drove in Boston's only run in a 3-1 loss to Toronto Wednesday afternoon. Last season, he had 212 hits and led the majors in total bases (364), becoming the first primary leadoff hitter to lead the majors in total bases since Bobby Bonds with the San Francisco Giants in 1973.

Ellsbury was using his speed in hopes of breaking up the double play.

"You know, it was a 3-2 pitch and he was breaking on the pitch. I held my ground, just caught it and got rid of it,'' said Brignac. "Like every infielder does in that situation, we leave our feet because when people are trying to take you out, or break up a double play, when your feet are stuck in the ground, that's how people break knees and ankles. It happened to Akinori [Iwamura] a few years ago with us. We're taught to catch, throw, and get off our feet.''

It means freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

"I think they trust that when the year is out, they're going to get the right information and be treated fairly," Calipari said. "They don't worry about it. Historically, we don't convince kids to stay who should leave. They are going to get the information, and they know that. They are just going to play basketball."

It means freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, both projected as high lottery picks, probably will be gone after this season, and it's not impossible to think the rest of the starting lineup -- all freshmen and sophomores -- could leave, as well.

Calipari, who has had NCAA trouble at every step along his college head-coaching career, said this is a price worth paying for running a "players-first" program -- with players who worry about winning first, then reap the benefits when the NBA comes calling.

Grubb landed with Joe Gibbs Racing and seems to have clicked right

Grubb led Johnson to a victory in the 2006 Daytona 500 with crew chief Chad Knaus suspended and guided Tony Stewart to his third Sprint Cup title last year. But just a week after winning the title, Grubb was fired by Stewart, who later hired Steve Addington away from Penske Racing to serve as his crew chief.
Grubb landed with Joe Gibbs Racing and seems to have clicked right away with Hamlin.
"I guess you could say it's a little bit of vindication, but I really don't think that way, I just try to take the high road," Grubb said. "I feel like I came into a very good situation and we're building a heck of a team with the No. 11 car."
The teams didn't have much time to prepare after one of the most bizarre Daytona 500s ever.

Austin Rivers scored 16 points and junior Seth Curry

There ended up no fairy tales for BC, though, as the Dukies shook off that opening deficit and held the Eagles to a pair of baskets during the final 16:21 of the first half, which gave the Blue Devils a comfortable 30-21 halftime lead.
BC coach Steve Donahue knew his team was running more on fumes than firepower, and Duke took advantage in the second half by pulling away to a 75-50 victory.
"We let it snowball,'' said Donahue. "Duke did what they needed to do and they pounced on it.''
To describe it as pouncing was being kind, as the Blue Devils overpowered BC on the boards (45-21) and in the backcourt. Freshman guard Austin Rivers scored 16 points and junior Seth Curry had 18 as they made 5 of 9 3-pointers in sparking Duke.